We’ve been doing some fun Advent activities in Religion, from creating Nativity scenes to working on a project for the Center of Independence. Next week, we will use the projects created at all grade levels to decorate the Center’s learning area into a Winter Wonderland.  This week, we began our next story in reading, which...Read More

Hello 5th grade parents and families, Merry (almost) Christmas! Social Studies: Students have spent some time focusing on the history of Juan Diego. They continue to learn about explorers and relevant historical events. Science: Our engineering unit is well underway, with students having learned about simple machines and the design process. Very soon, students should...Read More

Season’s Greetings, Thank you all for what has been a productive first half of the school year.  Our students have been busy at work in class and trying to maintain a good balance learning and holiday fun. Upon completing Unit 10 grammar work across all levels, we have been focusing on writing instruction.  Eighth Grade...Read More

Hello Third Grade Families, Our PBIS winner this week was Abigail Malham.  But remember that Students have MANY different opportunities in the classroom to earn PBIS tickets everyday.  Some of the ways are FULLY completing and turning in homework NEATLY and ON TIME.  Following ALL directions and NEATLY completing classwork assignments the same day.  Memorizing...Read More

  Looking Back… *The past two weeks have been very busy preparing for Christmas!  We have been working on surprise projects, shopping at the Holiday Shop(Thanks, Buddies for your help), decorating our classroom and working in lots of Christmas themed centers.  On Tuesday, we had a visit from St. Nick and his elves!  Thanks for...Read More

This week…our class was one of three classrooms selected  for demonstrating Positive Behavior In School.  Being Responsible, Being Respectful, and Being compassionate.   Way to go Full Day Preschoolers! We will have the privilege of displaying the banner outside our classroom for a month.  We had a visit from St. Nick and his elves –...Read More

We hope this email finds you well and into the holiday spirit! These children have been working very hard on their “good deeds” and on the upcoming Christmas performance! IMPORTANT DATES: Tuesday is our all school mass at 9:30 for Our Lady of Guadalupe. We love to see our Grown ups there if you are...Read More

The past two weeks in our classroom we have been learning about advent and the coming of Jesus. The class made advent wreaths, listened to the advent story, and learned about Mary and Joseph and the time leading up to Jesus’ birth.  They have all done such an amazing job retelling the story using our...Read More

This week…in our classroom we have been learning about advent and the coming of Jesus. The children made advent wreaths, listen to an advent story, and learned about Mary and Joseph.  The children also had an opportunity to share their collections with the class. They were so excited to share, and the other children were...Read More

Hello 5th grade parents and families, we hope you are staying warm and enjoying the Christmas spirit that has started to come around!Social Studies: Students have been learning about the age of exploration as well as European and Asian explorers. Science: We have introduced simple machines, and we will be taking a close look at...Read More